Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Toothless

So...

Max is 6 now.  He's lost a few teeth and been cool with that, of course.  Lately, his front teeth have started loosening up, and he lost one a few evenings ago.  However, the way he lost the tooth was less than desirable.  

I was in the kitchen fixing dinner, Josh at the computer, the boys running around.  Max runs into the living room, dives onto the ottoman and smacks his mouth on the arm of our chair, which is really hard below the cushion.  Big thud.  Painful crying.  Josh jumps up and goes to him.  We both think he must have broken his arm because it looked kind of funny in between the chair and the ottoman.  Not the arm.  He looked up at Josh with his mouth full of blood.  I believe Josh's words were, "Oh gosh, Buddy!"  We took Max to the bathroom and had him swish around some salt water and got him cleaned up all the while trying to keep him from freaking out because he was spitting out so much blood, and he could see himself in the mirror. After slowing the flow, he bit on a rag for awhile and watched a movie and appears to be okay for now.  Here are some lovely pictures for you to enjoy.  Josh also blogged about this if you want to read his interpretation.  It has a bit of a different spin.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

My Husband


So...

I just wanted to say how much I love Josh. 

We had an unexpected date tonight.  Our friends that live across the hall asked us to watch their boys for them last night, so they watched our guys tonight in exchange.  It was great!  We went to St. Louis Bread Co. (known as Panera everywhere else) for dinner, and then we did some Christmas shopping.  The reason my husband is so great is the fact that he went Christmas shopping on a date.  You must understand that finding Christmas presents is my favorite thing about Christmas (the material part of it).  I love trying to come up with the perfect gift for each person.  I really hate it when I can't come up with that gift, though.  

I digress.  For those of you who know Josh, shopping is really not fun for him, but because I wanted to, he did.  It's not just the fact that he went shopping that makes him wonderful obviously, but when I thought of how he was doing something just to make me happy, I started thinking about how great he is overall.

Josh is an amazing man.  I'll just list some of my favorite qualities about him.  He's a man of God, which to me means he leads our family in worship, studying God's Word and teaching it to his family, being an example to our boys of God's grace and love, having faith in Christ, loving us all unconditionally and on and on.  He's extremely intelligent, which not only comes in handy when we're playing trivia, but he keeps me informed of important things.  I'm not saying I'm stupid, but he's certainly a level (or ten) above me sometimes.  Of course, he's a hottie.  I love those blue eyes and dazzling smile.  He's the best daddy around.  I couldn't ask for a better father for my little guys.  He's so sweet and tender when they need him to be, yet he's still able to dole out the discipline when necessary as well as being a wonderful example to them. He is the perfect fit for me.  God new exactly what he was doing when he put us together.  I can't wait until he gets home from work so that I can just melt into his arms, before my belly gets too big for it that is.  Yes, I'm pregnant again for those of you who didn't know.  I'm delighted that Josh and I will be having another little one to love and nurture.  Thanks, Lord, for my wonderful husband.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Halloween or Reformation Day As We Like to Call It













These pictures are in reverse order.  Our day started at the bottom and completed at the top. We went to the Magic House earlier in the day with some friends, which the boys loved!  Then, of course, we went trick-or-treating with everyone's favorite superheroes.  I am well protected; I assure you.